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4.0: A sculpture by B.J. Coughlin ’61 and a painting by June Scott Barfield ’01 were among the many pieces of work submitted for the Centennial Alumni Art Exhibition in the Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery in April.
Patricia G. Lincoln, interim provost and dean of the faculty, is the 2008 recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU). The award is given annually to a faculty member at each of the 20 SCICU member institutions who demonstrates the highest standards in teaching methods and encourages students to strive for excellence. Award winners, who are honored at a banquet in Columbia, receive a certificate and a $3,000 professional development grant. A biology professor, Lincoln teaches a wide variety of courses ranging from invertebrate and vertebrate biology to the biology of plants. She has been recognized as a Master Professor by Coker students and as a Distinguished Professor by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. Lincoln directs the College’s “Write On!” initiative, a quality enhancement plan that focuses on developing writing skills for all students. She has also served as chair of Coker College’s Faculty Senate and on the College’s Board of Trustees. Lincoln, who joined the Coker College faculty in 1983, holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a B.A. from Kalamazoo College. She is a longtime appointee to the Grants in Aid of Research Committee for Sigma Xi, the national scientific research society, and she is a reviewer of grant proposals for the National Science Foundation. Lincoln has also been a Wye Fellow at The Aspen Institute.
>> D r . Walter E dgar 5.0: Acclaimed historian Dr. Walter Edgar, author of “South Carolina: A History” and editor-in-chief of “The South Carolina Encyclopedia,” launched Coker College’s Centennial Celebration at a special convocation in January. His lecture was a look back on life at the College and in Hartsville 100 years ago. The director of the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina, Edgar has written or edited numerous books about South Carolina and the American South. Coker College awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1999.
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